Winner: Kay Mellor’s TV hit The Syndicate begins its fourth series on Tuesday Screenwriter Kay Mellor OBE believes NHS frontline workers should be given a ‘big fat pay rise’ when the pandemic is over – and says she is willing to pay higher taxes to help fund it. Mellor is the writer of hit TV … Read more
Olympian Graham Bell was so poor when he was training as a ski racer that he would eat the food other skiers had left behind on tables in restaurants. Along with brother Martin, Bell competed for Great Britain at the Winter Olympics throughout the 1980s and 1990s. But he never made much money and doubled … Read more
Television presenter and farmer JB Gill says the best money decision he ever made was investing in property. The 34-year-old used to earn big money as a member of boyband JLS. He now lives in a £1.7 million farmhouse with wife Chloe and children Ace, six, and two-year-old Chiara, and runs a successful turkey farm … Read more
Musician Sacha Puttnam’s biggest money mistake was leaving rock band Bush before they made it big and sold 50million records. The son of award-winning film producer Lord Puttnam was a teenager at boarding school when his father made Chariots Of Fire. After leaving Bush, he wrote and scored music for numerous prestigious films. Sacha spoke to … Read more
Entrepreneur Piers Linney doesn’t own a property, invest in the stock market or save into a pension. Linney, who made millions investing in tech firms before appearing on the BBC TV show Dragons’ Den as an expert investor, sold his London home after the Brexit vote and now rents. He has never saved into a … Read more
There’s one little luxury that actor Michael Xavier cannot live without: a flat white coffee with oat milk. The award-winning star of West End shows says working in musicals pays an eighth of what he could earn in TV. Xavier, 42, spoke to DONNA FERGUSON from his home in Hertfordshire where he is preparing to … Read more
Jamie Lonsdale gave Princess Diana investment advice about her divorce settlement. The singer-songwriter’s first wife Laura Greig was one of Diana’s ladies-in-waiting. Jamie, 62, spoke to DONNA FERGUSON from his home in Pimlico, Central London, where he lives with son Arthur, 25. His new album Footprints is out now. Passion: Jamie has now made two … Read more
Young rugby star Ollie Thorley says his best-ever investment was investing in his own career. Thorley, 23, spends £1,500 a month on professional services – from experts who use sports psychology and massage to help him improve his performance. He also recently bought a £4,000 sauna which he built himself. The Gloucester winger is an … Read more
Financial worries are taking the biggest toll on Britons’ mental health amid the pandemic, with 71 per cent worried about having enough money to pay their rent, mortgage and utility bills. What’s more two thirds of people say they are worried about having enough money to buy basic essentials such as food and clothing, research … Read more
Crime novelist Ian Rankin has topped the bestseller lists for 30 years with stories based around maverick Edinburgh detective Inspector Rebus, and earns more than £1million from each new novel he writes. Now 60, he spoke to Donna Ferguson from his flat in Edinburgh where he lives with wife Miranda Harvey. His latest book, A … Read more